- Widespread weekend rainfall reached most of the state's grain growing regions and even got into parts of the state's northern and eastern areas. Aggie Forrester, from Winning Station, 250 kilometres north of Carnarvon, poured 66 millimetres out of the gauge said the rain is fantastic.
- Demand for some canola seed varieties has increased by as much as thirty per cent this year.
- An innovative feral pig trap, designed in the United States, is being trialled in far north Queensland.
- New figures show Australia is only slightly behind China as the world's biggest gold producer.
- Geraldton agronomist Peter Norris says the weekend rain has been generally absolutely fantastic and some areas have even had a little bit too much.
- A company called EcoMag plans to turn waste from a Western Australian salt production site into all sorts of things including products for the health industry. The key ingredient is magnesium.
Media coverageMay, 2021